Traveling advertising apparatus.



No. 889,390. PATENTED JUNE 2,v 1908. D. J. MOOSKER.

TRAVELING ADVERTISING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1906.

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TRAVELING ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Application filed August 16, 1906. Serial No. 330,833.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL J. MCOSKER, a citizen of the United States, residin at the city of Providence, in the county 0 Providence and State of Rhode Island, have in- .vented 'certain new and useful Improvements in Traveling Advertising Apparatus,

of which the following is a specification, ref;

erence being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to traveling advertisements and has for its object to rovide an apparatus that is more particular y adapted to be operated in street cars or the like, to cause each advertising sign located therein to move'along or travel before all the passengers soas to attract attention-thereto and cause the advertisements to be read, thus increasing their effectiveness and value.

A further object of the invention is to provide suitable and convenient means whereby the ordinary pasteboard advertising cards, such as those usually used onstreet cars, may be readily attached to and detached from an endless traveling belt.

A special feature of the inventionis that these cards are flexible and attached on their edges to a flexible belt or band and are held closely to the same by clips or other suitable fastenings to be carried by said belt and follow the same around the pulleys, thereby reducing to a minimum the lateral space to be occu ie by the apparatus and the cards.

A urther object of the invention is to provide a double belt to run both back and forth on each side and across the ends of the car whereby more than twice" the usual number of cards may be'displayed. This a paratus.

'may also be used for street signs an general advertising purposes. V

The invention is fully set forth in this specification and moreparticular ly pointed out in the accompan ing claims.

In the drawings: i'gure 1'is a side elevation of a car in section, illustrating the traveling advertising cards and the comparative space occupied by the same. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view .illustrating the double belt system, showing the-course of travel of said belt and the advertising cards attached to thesame. v Fig. 3 ''illustrates an end view in outline of one corner of the car showing the inclined position in which the apparatus is ada ted to stand in order to better a'ccommo ate itself to the shape of that portion of the car in which it is ;to run.

Fig. 4 illustrates the'traveling chain belt and the pulleys used in conducting the same around the corners in the car. Fig. 5- is a front view illustratin the two lines of chain belting as being con ucted over the driving sprockets, and also showing the broad web in between and attached to said lines of chain by lacing. Fig. 6 is an enlarged elevation illustrating one of the sprocket wheels and two lines of the chain in section also the supporting bracket to which thesprockets or conducting pulleys are attached, the whole being set on an angle to suit that portion of the car to which the same is attached. Fig.

erspective view showing a detail of the bracket to which the conducting pulleys are attached, the edge of which bracket is also adapted to support the chain belt and its attached cards fromsagging while passing along in its inclined position. Fig. 8 is an enlarged end section of the belt with a card secured to the face thereof by means of clips. T Fig. 9 is a perspective view illustrating one of these clips which is guided to slide members drawn apart.

endwise on said belt. view of. one of the cards showing the same as being provided with elongated eyelets or slots in each corner. Fig. 11 illustrates another means besides the saidclips for connecting said cards to said belt which is that of a separable button or stud. Fig. 12' illustrates the said separable stud with the Fig. 13- is a detail illustrating thechain belt showing the eye attached to the same to Which the canvas belt is laced.

Referring to the drawin s, at l-1 are the guide brackets between w ich the two lines .of conducting chain and belt travel. These guide brackets maybe made in short sec- Fig. 10 is a front tions or all in a single section, if desired, ex-

portin shafts of the idler pulleys on which the be t runs.

At 5 is a downwardly turned lip designed to cover the chain and the up er edge of the cards that are attached to the'lgelt, see Fig. 6. The edge 6 of this lip is preferably turned inward to enga e the upper edge of the face of the card an prevent the same from sagging While traveling in its inclined position together with the chain and belt to which said cards are attached.

At 7 and 8 are the upper and lower lines of chain. belting which belts are driven through the sprocket wheels 9, 10, 11 and 12 by the motor 13 through the worm 14, worm wheel 15, shaft 16 and gears 17-, 18 and 19,

*around the car.

ranged, as illustrated in Fig. 4, to be adjusted see Figs. 2 and 5. These chain belts are referably driven in the direction illustrated by the arrows, (see Fig. 2), and over idler pulleys 2020 by which they are conducted The pulleys 21-21 are arin the bracket 22 so as to take up the slack and wear of the belting, which adjustment is accomplished by means of the adjusting screw 23 that acts on the sliding box 24 in said bracket to set said pulley bearing inward to tighten the chain and keep it at the proper tension. Extending at intervals from the side of each of these link belts 7 and 8 are eyes 25, see Figs. 5 and 13, for the purposes hereinafter explained.

At 26 is a broad belt of leather, fabric, or other suitable flexible material which may be attached to said chain belts by passing a lacing 27 through the edge of the same as at 28, and also through the eyes 25, or said belt may be attached to the chains by any other suitable or convenient means.

The advertising cards 29 are preferably made of thin pasteboard or other suitable flexible material, and are referably attached to this central flexible be t 26 in such a manner as to hold the same closely thereto and cause them to follow the belt'through its entire course around over the guiding pulleys. The means b which these cards are attached to the belt s ould be such that they can be mani ulated quickly to be both connected and isconnected to and from the belt, and also to allow said cards a slight longitudinal motion to enable them to give or bend freely while passing around the pulleys. To accomplish this pur ose I have rovided a set of sprin metal clips referab y made from fiat stoc as illustrate at 30, in Figs. 8 and 9. The back or loop portion of this cli is preferably guided on the back of the elt 26 by means of rivet heads 31, or other suitable means, which are arran ed to engage said loop portion of the clip al owing it a free vertical motion and at the same time preventing the clip from moving longitudinally on the belt. "By this arran' ement the clip is adapted to be moved quic ly by hand elther up or down so that its spring .fingers 32-32 'will engage or disengage the card which is located onthe face of the same, as shown in Fig. 8.

It is found in practice that these spring fingers' are sufliciently resilient to allow the cards thus held the necessary longitudinal motion. The lower edge of these fingers 32 are preferably turned out at 33 so as to be passed easily over the edge of the cards without catching the same. As another means for securing these cards to the belt I have provided a separable button'or stud, as illustrated .at 34, see Figs. 11 and 12. When this attaching device is'used it is necessary to form an elongated eyelet or slot in the edges of the cards as at 3535, see Fi 10, through which the post of these separab e buttons are passed, as illustrated'in Fig. 11, said eyelet or slot. allowing the card the longitudinal motion required.

My improved traveling advertising apparatus possesses many practical features and advantages. The belt to which the advertising cards are attached is of double length whereby double the number of cards may-be attached, the point being that only one-half of the cards are visible at any one time, giving the effect of fresh advertisements constantly appearing before the people. All of the advertisements are carried down one side of the car across the end, and up the other side of the car and across the opposite end wherb they disappear from view. After passing directly in front of every person in the car these cards are then carried by the beltback to re-appear at the point from which they started. The moving of the advertisements in this manner before the passengers makes the same very interesting and effective and also forms a Very attractive proposition to the advertiser, and by being able to more than double the number of effective advertisements in each car the revenue from the apparatus is greatly increased, thereby making the same a good business proposition to the operator. 1

Another feature of the invention is the simple and practical means by'which the cards may be quickly attachedand detached tinuously whether the car is in operation or not, and by its construction the device is practically noiseless its operation.

Having thus described my invention ,what

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

' -1. An advertisin device comprising an endless belt, a plura ity of advertising cards,

and means for removably attaching said cards to said belt, said cards being constructed ed es of said cards, said bracket being pro-- vi ed with a lip to engage the face of said.

to permit a longitudinal sliding movement with relation to said attaching means and said belt.

2. An advertising device comprising a pair of arallel sprocket chains, a flexible carrier umting said chains, means for driving said chains, a plurality of advertising cards, and means passed through said cards for removably attaching the latter to said flexible carrier, said cards being constructed to permit a longitudinal sliding movement with relation to said attaching means and said carrier.

3. An advertising device comprising an endless belt, a plurality of slotted advertising cards, and securin'gmeans engaging the slots of said cards to ermi-t a sliding movement of the cards wit relation to said belt.

4. In an advertising device, a pair of endless parallel traveling sprocket chains, a'band or belt of flexible material located between said two lines of chains and attached toboth,

' a series of advertising cards adapted to be attached to said belt, means for removably attaching said cards to said band or belt, means for adjusting the tension of said belt, a

bracket for covering the chains and the outer cards and support the same together with the belt and chain from sagging, and means for driving said belt.

5, In an advertising device, a pair of endless parallel traveling sprocket chains, a band or belt offlexible material located between said chains and attached to both forming substantially a single belt with a flexible center, said belt being adapted to run double, the two parts passing in opposite directions, a series of'advertising cards ada ted to be attached to said central belt to f0 low the same closely bver its course, means on.said belt forremovably attaching said cards thereto, said cards being constructed to permit a slight longitudinal motion with relation to said attac "ng'means and belt, while following the. turns of the belt, means for driving said belt,

- and means for preventing the same from sagging. V I

6. An advertising device COIIIPIlSlIlg a pair of endless sproc e tially a single belt, said belt beingi arranged to run double with the double portions mo'vingin opposite directions, a plurality of t chains, a flexible .car- Y rier connecting said chains to form substanl less parallel traveling sprocket chains, a band 1 or belt of flexible material located between said chains and attached to both forming substantially a single belt with a flexible center, said belt being adapted to run double,

the twoarts passing in opposite directions, a' series 0 advertising cards adapted to be attached to saidcentral belt to follow the same closely over its course, separable studs forremovably attaching said cards to said belt,

said cards bein provided with elongated eyelets through w 'ch said studs pass to allow a single sheet of metal "and each provided with an integral inturned lip for guidin said belt, and idler pulleys upon whichsai belt runs, said bracket being provided with bear- .ings for said pulleys.

9. An advertising apparatus comprising an endless belt, means for attaching adver tisin cards thereto, idler pulleys upon which said elt runs, and brackets'each formed of a single sheet of metal having an integral supporting flange at one edge and provided at Its other edge with a lip to guide. said 'belt, said bracket being also ings for said pulleys.

10. An advertising apparatus comprising an endlessbelt, means for attaching advertisin cards thereto, idler pulleys upon which said elt runs,- brackets each formed of a sin gle sheet of metal havin an integral flange on one edge provided wit an inturned lip to en a eisaid belt, said bracket bein also provide withbearings for said pu leys, and means for supporting said bracket.

' In testimony whereof I afiix my in presence of two witnesseaf =DANIEL J; MODS KER.

Witnesses: i

HOWARD. E. BAnLow,

E. I. OGDEN.

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